Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 100 Unbalanced Heart
Because the drunken beauty became tribute wine, the drunken beauty quickly opened up a market in Chang'an City.

Basically, as soon as the wines of Drunken Beauty were produced, someone ordered them.

The price of a drunken beauty is not cheap, so Qin Tian and the others naturally made a lot of money very quickly.

And just when Qin Tian and the others made a lot of money from drunken beauties, Prince Li Jiancheng finally returned triumphantly with the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.

When Tang Jun returned to Chang'an City that day, Chang'an people were standing all the way from the city gate to Zhuque Street. Some of these people were here to join in the fun, and some wanted to see if their relatives were alive. came back.

They looked forward to it, and when they saw their son or husband, they couldn't help shouting, while those who couldn't see were suddenly sad.

War is always cruel.

Li Jiancheng led the army to the direction of the palace, and when he arrived at Zhuque Street, he saw Li Yuan leading all the civil and military officials to meet him at the gate of the palace.

Seeing the emperor personally welcoming Li Jiancheng, he was overjoyed and quickly dismounted from his horse and hurried away.

"My son-in-law pays respects to his father."

"Quickly get up, prince. You have done a great job in repelling the Turks this time. The emperor has set up a banquet in the palace. Let's go together."

"Thank you, Father."

Li Yuan took Prince Li Jiancheng by the hand and entered the palace. The generals and advisers who accompanied the army glanced at each other and quickly followed behind.

Li Shimin stood aside, his eyebrows frowned slightly, but then he regained his composure, and entered the palace together with the generals and advisers.

Li Yuan intended to show off his status as the prince, so at the banquet, he showed great favor to Li Jiancheng, and saw that many officials made up their minds to support Li Jiancheng.

Here, Li Shimin felt more and more suffocated.

Originally, this matter should belong to him, but it was snatched by Li Jiancheng.

He snatched it away, but Li Shimin restrained Liang Guo and Hou Sui, that was also a credit, but why didn't Li Yuan treat him so well?
However, although Li Shimin was angry, he also seemed calmer. Talking and drinking with people was no different from usual. It seemed that Li Jiancheng had received such a great favor and had nothing to do with him.

After the banquet was over, the others retreated one after another.

As soon as Li Shimin returned to the Qin Palace, Li Ji and others followed him in.

"My lord!"

When Li Shimin saw them, he hurriedly said, "Everyone has worked hard on this trip."

"It's not hard work, it's just that I feel unhappy. If the prince leads the army, all the favors today will be yours." Yu Chigong was very upset beside him.

Although Qin Qiong also had such thoughts, he didn't show it.

However, Li Shimin smiled slightly: "It's okay, you all have made great contributions by following the expedition, as long as you have this military service, it's fine, it doesn't matter if you are the king leading the army or not?"

Li Shimin was thinking of these people inside and out, and the generals like Yu Chigong were naturally grateful after hearing this, but Li Ji smiled and remained silent.

After everyone said this a few words, Li Shimin told them to go home separately on the grounds that they had been away from home for a long time.

But Li Ji stayed alone.

"Anything else, the British?"

Li Ji said: "My lord, judging from today's situation, the Holy Majesty has shown great favor to the crown prince. We should make preparations in the morning."

Li Ji's words were somewhat cryptic, but Li Shimin knew what they meant. If it was before, Li Shimin might reprimand Li Ji again, but after what happened today, he suddenly fell into deep thought.

After a long time, he asked, "What does the Duke of England mean?"

"In this situation, it is basically impossible to seek the throne through the right path. In this case, we can only use strength, and to use strength, before the prince has absolute strength, we should hide our strength and bide our time and wait for the opportunity."

"How to keep a low profile?"

"In Chang'an City, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the prince to have too much power, so he can only focus on the outside of the capital, penetrate the power to the outside, and then surround him layer by layer from the outside to the inside."

Speaking of this, Li Ji smiled lightly again: "It is best to send the subordinates and Yi Guogong outside, so that we can help the prince develop his power outside, and the prince will not wait for me when he sees that I am not in Chang'an City." Let your guard down on the prince, then the prince can hide his strength and bide his time."

"This?" Li Shimin's heart sank when he heard that Li Ji, Qin Shubao and others had to leave Chang'an City, and said, "You are all heroes of my Tang Dynasty, how can you let it out, this... What does this make me feel? Tolerate?"

Li Ji shook his head: "My lord, it's only temporary. Besides, if you want to do big things, you have to be patient. After you reach the Ninth Five Supreme, just don't forget about me."

"How dare you, this world is still governed by the princes, how can you forget it, but it's not easy for so many of you to let go, the prince is definitely not stupid, how can you not be suspicious?"

Li Ji said with a smile: "I'm afraid I have to rely on His Highness the Crown Prince for this matter, he will never be suspicious."

"........."

East Palace.

After the banquet, Li Jiancheng returned to the East Palace with a group of civil servants and generals.

Li Jiancheng was very excited at this time. Li Yuan greeted him outside the palace today, obviously to give him face, so that the court officials would recognize and submit to him as the crown prince.

And this also means that his position as the prince has become more and more stable.

"Being able to repel the Turks is due to everyone's contribution, and this prince will definitely wait for a reward for it."

"Thank you, His Royal Highness."

"Okay, okay, I think you all didn't have a good time in the palace just now, let's continue drinking here, come and bring good wine."

After the civil servants and generals sat down, the servants in the East Palace brought several jars of wine.

"Fill it up, fill it all up."

The waiter hesitated for a moment, and finally said bravely: "Your Highness, this wine is called Drunken Beauty, and it is very overbearing. One bowl can make people drunk. Your Highness and all generals, please drink slowly. "

As soon as the waiter finished speaking, Xue Wanche stood up suddenly: "Hey, one bowl can make people intoxicated. I, Xue Wanche, have always been generous, and I can't get drunk after a thousand cups. Pour me a bowl and try."

The servant smiled wryly, and Xue Wanche cursed again: "What are you standing there for, hurry up and down?"

The prince didn't believe that the drunken beauty was so domineering, so he glared at the waiter and said, "Pour the wine!"

The servant had no choice but to pour a bowl full of wine for Xue Wanche. After picking up the wine, Xue Wanche smiled softly with disdain, and then drank gulp.

After drinking it in one breath, he chuckled: "What kind of overbearing wine is nothing more than that..."

Before he finished speaking, Xue Wanche suddenly felt the smell of alcohol welling up, and he became very dizzy, and immediately fell to the ground with a plop.

"Good wine... good wine..."

Xue Wanche was drunk, and everyone present was shocked.

(End of this chapter)